The Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (Global UGRAD) in Eurasia and Central Asia is a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. The Global UGRAD program provides opportunities for full-time undergraduate students from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan for non-degree study in a US university or community college. Participants are selected through an open, merit-based competition.

Program in Eurasia and Central Asia (Global UGRAD), a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and supported by the people of the United States, provides opportunities for full time undergraduate students for full-time, non-degree study in the United States.

IREX is pleased to announce Project Smile, an initiative that aims to improve the lives of Eurasian children, the elderly or people with disabilities through alumni-driven community-based activities. The program will not only benefit under-served people, but will provide alumni with further professional development opportunities.

As part of the Professional Development program IREX would like to provide its staff with additional benefit in a form of the coaching sessions to enhance Bibliomist employees’ ability to successfully develop their careers after the closure of the project.